Product Description

Finding out that your child has Asperger Syndrome can be devastating enough, but when you discover that he or she won't eat 99.9 per cent of all food and drink in the known universe, the fun really starts. This was the situation the author found herself in a decade ago when her son first took a dislike to milk, and then to virtually every other substance she attempted to feed him. Her book was written to reassure other parents that there are lots of people out there in the same boat, and to suggest practical methods of dealing with the problem. As well as drawing on her own experience, the author has spoken to parents, children, and professionals with first-hand knowledge of dietary difficulties, and their advice and comments form a key part of the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #130802 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

About the Author
Brenda Legge is a freelance writer. She has written extensively on home improvement and DIY topics and has also written fiction for children and worked on medical and catering trade journals.

Customer Reviews

From a Grandmother, with thanks
As a Grandparent of a little boy with Autism his Mother my dughter asked me to order this book. Wow what an insight! Eating is life and when you have a child who only eats a few selected items, it's scary. This book made me laugh and cry. I'd recomend that anyone who has a child within the Spectrum and not eating READ THIS BOOK, you will learn so much. Thank you Brenda, you helped me understand.

Can't eat won't eat
I have to say that this book actually cheered me up. I was crying with laughter, because you see it's not only you,on your own, someone else is going through the same fears and anxiety which helped me to be more relaxed and I saw my son on the same level with hers, thanks for making me feel normal.

You Are Not Alone
Children on the autistic spectrum can be fussy as well as sensitive eaters. This book aims to provide parents facing these particular sort of difficulties with support and advice. I identified with a lot of things in this book. If you think that other parents, teachers, and health professionals don't, can't and won't understand what it is to have a child so fussy that they would rather starve than eat something the wrong shape or colour, then if nothing else this book will show you that you are not alone.